Bauerschaft

German

Etymology

From Bauer (“farmer”) + -schaft (“-ship”). A similar sense and construct Dutch buurschap and buurtschap.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbaʊ̯ɐˌʃaft/

Noun

Bauerschaft f (genitive Bauerschaft, plural Bauerschaften)

1. a number of outlying farms that together constitute a community but without a village centre

Usage notes

This form of land use and communal organisation is found chiefly in northern Germany.

Declension

Declension of Bauerschaft [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Bauerschaft	die	Bauerschaften
genitive	einer	der	Bauerschaft	der	Bauerschaften
dative	einer	der	Bauerschaft	den	Bauerschaften
accusative	eine	die	Bauerschaft	die	Bauerschaften

See also

• Bauernschaft (not to be confused)
• Weiler